Draw-gear for street-cars



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DRAW GEAR FOR STREET ems;

Patented Pebfl l', 1888.

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' jar, jolting, or from other causes the draw-pins forward horizontally and form bearings for UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. EVANS, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRAW-GEAR FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0! Letters Patent No. 377,825, dated February 14-, 1888.

Application filed November 9, 1887.

Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Street-Railway Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification. It is found in practice that by reason of the in street-cars are apt to j u mp outfrom or work up in the draw-irons or draw-bars. My present invention has for its object to remedy this difficulty.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the dasher-rail and adjacent portions of a streetcar, and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my device with the drawpin lowered into position and held therein. Fig. 3 is a similar section with the draw-pin raised. In Figs. 2 and 3 a portion of the lifting-rod is represented as having been broken out.

A represents the dasher; A, the dasher-rail, the upper portion being made usually of wood and the lower portion of metal; B, the drawiron or draw-bar provided with the vertical perforations B B; and G,thepole provided with the perforation 0, all constructed as usual. D is a metallic bracket of substantially the shape shown. A portion, D, extends rearward under the dasher-rail, and is bolted rig idly thereto, as at d, and the bracket is further provided with two arms, D D, which extend the pivot (2. Loose on this pivot is the lever E, of which E is the handle. This lever is provided with two parallel arms, E, on its under side, which form bearings for the pivot, e, from which depends the lifting-rod H, bent rearward, as shown at H, and to the lower draw-pin I.

Serial No. 254,679. (No model.)

end of which is pivotally secured at h the When the device-is in the position shown 1 in Figs. 1 and 2, the draw-pin is in'the perforations. B B O, and as the pivot e is slightly back of the pivot d the rod. H cannot be raised by any vertical force exert-ed on it, and

hence'the draw-pin'I cannot be jolted out of its position in the "draw-bar. To raise the rod H and release the pole G from the draw-pin, lift the handle E of the lever E and swing it over upon the dasher-rail, as shown in Fig. 3. By means of the bend in the rod H the lever E isenabled to swing over far enough upon the dasher-rail to remain in the position shown in Fig. 3 until it is desiredto again drop the pin into the draw-bar.

Having thus fully described my invention,

whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with the dasher rail and draw-bar of a street-railway car, of a bracket rigidly secured to said dasher-rail, a lever pivotally secured to said bracket, and a lifting-rod pivotally suspended from said lever and sustaining the draw-pin, said parts being constructed and arranged to allow the point on the lever at which the lifting-rod is suspended to swing past the center when the rod is lowered, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the dasher-rail' A,

bracket D D D, pivot d, lever E E E, pivot e, lifting-rod H, bent at H, as described, drawpin I, and draw-bar B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH W. EVANS. 

